Cheap Thrills

There's a poster design that's extremely popular right now.  Designers love to get a photo of an actor, place them against a single color background, give it a glow, slap a title on the image and then - boom - you've got poster art.  Comedies love this style (see: 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Identity Thief, et al.)

The festival poster for Cheap Thrills has adopted this style but placed its own gleefully morbid spin on it.  Instead of a grinning or goofy face, we've got star Pat Healy bloody and crying in pain.  It certainly pops out at ya.  I wonder if this is the first in a series...  Check it out inside!

The film, directed by E.L. Katz, debuts at SXSW and goes like this: Recently fired and facing eviction, the married father of a newborn has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security...but at a price. 

Writer E.L. Katz makes his directorial debut with Cheap Thrills, a thriller that finds Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner and Amanda Fuller up to no good.  The film is debuting at SXSW and a trailer for the film has hit EW.  Sadly, there is no embed code, so you'll have to head to this spot to check it out.

The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated features in the Midnighters section which will debut at this year’s Festival from March 8 – 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas.  

A lot of familiar names are contributing to this year's line-up including Vincenzo Natali, Rob Zombie, Mike Mendez, Rob Zombie, Dennis Iliadis, E.L. Katz and more.

Joining the previously announced features, the additions to the 2013 SXSW lineup are...

E.L. Katz is currently shooting a new thriller called Cheap Thrills and he's brought along Pat Healy and Sara Paxton for the ride.  The two actors previously appeared on screen together in Ti West's The Innkeepers.  

They'll be joined by David Koeachner, Ethan Embry and Amanda Fuller, says THR.

According to the site, Cheap Thrills tells the story of a new father facing eviction whose life is turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to a better life...but at a price.